Databases 2007–08
Principal lecturer: Dr Timothy Griffin Taken by: Part IB, Part II (General), Diploma Syllabus
Past exam questions
Codd's original 1970 paper
describing the relational model (reprinted here in 1983).
For a short biography of Edgar Codd, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd.
Here is a very funny story from Ken Moody.
It demonstrated the importance of making sure database operators
understand what is, and what is not, a key.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~km10/IEEE-membership-JeanBacon.pdf.
Here are the course slides:
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